Orthophytum 'Chocolate' VIPP 7-22-19 easy to grow plants that

easy to grow plants that are as at home in the Southern landscape as in a Northern greenhouse

that looks superficially like a green Neo

upright rosette of fairly wide gray-green leaves to about 20 inches

This hybrid features brownish foliage covered in silver trichomes

A fantastic new species described only in 2010 from Depto

Orthophytum 'Chocolate' VIPP 7-22-19 easy to grow plants thatA hybrid of (Orthophytum horridum x lemei) by Ray Lemieux. Though both species are somewhat similar in shape, the color of the leaves and texture are quite different. The resulting cross was a nice surprise, dark chocolate brown leaves, stiff and heavily armed in an upright to spreading rosette. The inflorescence is beautiful for an Orthophytum, a reddish scape with somewhat strobilate branches with red floral bracts and white flowers.